5 Set-It-and-Forget-It Stocks to Buy According to Financial Media

3. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Market Capitalization as of 2/10: $1.21 trillion

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is viewed as a big tech company that has a lot of AI potential given its substantial financial resources and world class employees. While Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) could gain more market share from Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) in search in the near term, the battle between the two is viewed as a battle between two heavyweights. As it stands, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is indeed a heavy weight and perhaps arguably still the leading company in AI given its substantial investments in the technology over the past decade.

Although it could lose market share in the near term, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) does have earnings growth potential if it maintains its leadership in AI in the future. Maintaining leadership requires data and smarts and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) arguably has both. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) will need to successfully utilize its data and smarts to develop profitable services, however, that can match or exceed market profit estimates for the future.